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Jansen, Mattingly quiet on closer's absence

Jansen, present but subdued, said through a club official he wasn't talking. Don Mattingly, clearly annoyed, wasn't talking either, except to say that Jansen "wasn't available."

A club official later was hard-pressed to come up with this official, uh, statement:

"Kenley wasn't feeling well and was unavailable."

Let the speculation begin. One believable scenario is that Jansen -- who prior to 2013 heart surgery had an episode of irregular heartbeat in the Mile High City and has complained of feeling lethargic here -- wasn't up to taking the ball.

And Mattingly -- his bullpen feeling the effects of four games in three days -- was probably not pleased that Jansen didn't pitch after a 16-pitch outing Tuesday night on a week's rest.